President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees are being rapidly confirmed thanks to Democrats making the process of fast-tracking court picks easier three years ago.

Sixteen total judges have been confirmed during Trump’s presidency, after nine more were confirmed in a little over a month.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been a major factor in moving the nominees to vote quickly.

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“He gets credit on two counts. One is keeping a number of these judgeships open during the final year of the Obama administration,” Sen. John Barrasso told the Associated Press. “Additionally, he made sure we get them all through the system … and get them voted on.”

McConnell kept a Supreme Court seat empty for the next president’s selection by rejecting former President Barack Obama’s selection.

The last time a judge was confirmed without blue slips from both home state senators was in 1989, the AP reported.

Democrats are worried that lowering this standard will create a partisan judiciary.

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“We’ve cemented a conservative majority on the Supreme Court for a generation,” McConnell told the AP late last week.

During his presidential campaign, Trump used control of the Supreme Court as one of the main reasons Republicans should support his candidacy, a promise which he has fulfilled.

“The pace has finally picked up, which we are very happy about. Unfortunately the number of vacancies has held relatively steady,” Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director for the Judicial Crisis Network, told the AP. “We simply cannot take the foot off the gas.”